relation schema

a [[blk:1704138923][relation]] schema , denoted by , is made up of a relation name and a list of attributes, . each attribute is the name of a role played by some domain in the relation schema . is called the domain of and is denoted by . a relation schema is used to describe a relation; is called the name of this relation. the degree (or arity) of a relation is the number of attributes of its relation schema.
[cite:;taken from @elmasri_db_2015 chapter 5.1.1 domains, attributes, tuples, and relations]